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re: Mayor Cantrell just told the Nyx summer parade to kick rocks
Posted on 6/4/19 at 8:49 am to jbgleason
Posted on 6/4/19 at 8:49 am to jbgleason
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The ladder people jumped the shark this year when I saw a group who erected the ladders and then affixed full sheets of plywood across the front faces of the ladders so you couldn’t pass between their ladders or stand behind them. They created a 1/4 block long wall. That shite was unacceptable.
Where did this happen?
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:04 am to Cosmo
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July seems way too hot for this shite anyway.
Agreed. Move that shite to December or just prior/after Mardi Gras.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:06 am to LNCHBOX
There were a good bit along the St Charles NG. 1/4 block is a stretch, but I saw several that were like 5-6 wide so probably about 8 feet long or so.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:22 am to lsuwontonwrap
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Mayor Cantrell just told the Nyx summer parade to kick rocks
I want to hate her for being a dem but this is yet another move she has made that I agree with her 100%.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:29 am to lsuwontonwrap
The whole premise of the parade, ‘our riders can’t wait until Carnival season to ride’, is about as moronic as it comes.
This was just a money grab by the Nyx captain, plain and simple.
This was just a money grab by the Nyx captain, plain and simple.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:49 am to HeyCap
Nyx says they were going to pick up 100 percent of the costs so this would be no cost to the city.
I wonder if one of the neighboring parishes/cities will invite her to parade there.
I wonder if one of the neighboring parishes/cities will invite her to parade there.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:52 am to el Gaucho
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Hate to break it to you, but a lot of Nyx is minorities. But carry on with your propaganda.
It used to be spelled “nysk”
This is the most underrated comment in the thread. Even the poor man's LucasP can be funny once or twice a year.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 10:11 am to TH03
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along the St Charles NG
It was on St. Charles, not sure of the cross street as I was driving. The one 1/4 block section isn't hyperbole, it was there. But, as you point out, most were two or three sheets of plywood. Any of those is an issue though.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 10:12 am to tgrbaitn08
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she was probably being diplomatic
That’s not her MO
Maybe not, but it seems to be in this case. Almost nobody thought this was a good idea. Nobody really believes the hurricane season angle either.
Also, to whoever said it is embarrassing to the NOPD for her to say it would be a strain on their resources, that's a pretty mild statement. The NOPD has actual really bad stuff said about it all the time that is true. I doubt they care about what the mayor said because people always hammer them about something (and she wasn't saying anything negative about the NOPD). They are the best at crowd control though.
I agree that her reasoning/explanations could be thought out much more though when issuing statements though.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 10:16 am to Big EZ Tiger
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On Tuesday morning, Nyx captain Julie Lea responded with a written statement that expressed regret while acquiescing to City Hall’s edict. “While we strongly disagree with Mayor Cantrell’s decision to reject our permit request to stage a summer parade, we respectfully accept it,” Lea wrote. “We had no intention of straining the city’s public safety resources and understood that the costs of city services were up to us.”
As planned, the parade would have included approximately 20 floats, 800 riders, plus bands and dancers, which would have taken a downtown route from the Marigny to the French Quarter to the Warehouse District.
Lea said that the reason for the second parade was to satisfy riders who felt it was too long to wait between Carnival seasons. Lea said the parade was meant to take place during a slow spot in the city’s busy celebration calendar between The Essence Festival, which takes place July 5 to 7 and the White Linen Night art celebration comes on Aug. 3. She envisioned the off-season parade as a hospitality industry boon.
“We chose a weekend where no other events were occurring in town, to purposely not tax city resources unnecessarily,” she wrote in Tuesday’s statement. “Our members were excited about parading during the summer and we had already heard from several groups who planned to visit the city because of the parade.
“We thought this event would be a great thing for summer tourism and the City of New Orleans in general.” “I can’t adequately explain my disappointment,” Lea wrote in Tuesday’s statement. “But like strong women do, we stand up again and again. Nyx will always strive to break glass ceilings and do big things for the city we love. Our commitment to New Orleans remains steadfast.”
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 10:18 am to soccerfüt
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Parade Machine Broke
It would be patently ridiculous to have a full-blown parade in the heat of middle July, especially having to do all the set up, pay all the overtime, to do the six mile Jefferson Avenue and Magazine Street start all the way down to Canal Street on St. Charles Avenue, and all for one parade.
I do not think the city administration or the employees required would be really pleased to have to do all that in July, then once Nyx is allowed to do it, have other organizations try to make a season of it. It is too much.
As for the Saints parade in 2009, that is not an equal comparison, that was a huge moment for the city that was looking to celebrate a Super Bowl championship in FEBRUARY, when the city is already beginning to gear up for, or just winding down from the parade season. Plus, the weather was cool, then. Secondly, that was a much shorter route only through the central business district, and not the entirety of Uptown AND the C.B.D.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 10:23 am to jbgleason
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the parade would have included approximately 20 floats, 800 riders, plus bands and dancers, which would have taken a downtown route from the Marigny to the French Quarter to the Warehouse District.
Thats reasonable.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 10:27 am to LaBR4
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I bet she would have not told the krewe of Zulu that
In international news
Posted on 6/4/19 at 10:29 am to Woolfman_8
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The email contained absolutely nothing regarding returning money.
And now we can stop asking what her motivation was for announcing this preemptively.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 10:30 am to lsuwontonwrap
This was the right decision and had nothing to do with race. Can you imagine a Mardi Gras parade in the heat of the summer? I don't know what this Krewe was thinking.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 10:31 am to ELVIS U
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Posted on 6/4/19 at 10:32 am to RedPop4
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As for the Saints parade in 2009, that is not an equal comparison, that was a huge moment for the city that was looking to celebrate a Super Bowl championship in FEBRUARY, when the city is already beginning to gear up for, or just winding down from the parade season. Plus, the weather was cool, then. Secondly, that was a much shorter route only through the central business district, and not the entirety of Uptown AND the C.B.D.
Yeah, and whoever said they only had two days to plan that parade is asinine. It's not as if the NFL called up on Superbowl Sunday and said "Hey, Saints, why don't you drop on by this afternoon and we'll play a game" and caught the city and the team completely by surprise as the Saints filed onto the team plane to go win a Superbowl.
New Orleans and the Saints organization had WEEKS to plan for that parade in the event the team won. They didn't wait until the Saints won and suddenly think to themselves as they watched Drew Brees raise the Lombardi Trophy, "Welp, I guess we'd better get on that."
Posted on 6/4/19 at 10:35 am to jbgleason
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Julie Lea
and the mayor should fist fight over this. winner gets their way.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 10:43 am to TigerstuckinMS
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Yeah, and whoever said they only had two days to plan that parade is asinine. It's not as if the NFL called up on Superbowl Sunday and said "Hey, Saints, why don't you drop on by this afternoon and we'll play a game" and caught the city and the team completely by surprise as the Saints filed onto the team plane to go win a Superbowl.
New Orleans and the Saints organization had WEEKS to plan for that parade in the event the team won. They didn't wait until the Saints won and suddenly think to themselves as they watched Drew Brees raise the Lombardi Trophy, "Welp, I guess we'd better get on that."
The Superbowl parade was right in the middle of Mardi Gras....they really didnt have to plan for much...the city was already set up
Posted on 6/4/19 at 11:28 am to RedPop4
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As for the Saints parade in 2009
Y'all won the Super bowl in 2010, I think.
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